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Your story on Royal, the French Socialist presidential contender, provided excellent background on the possibility of this unprecedented phenomenon in French politics--a woman President. But you missed one point. Behind Ségolčne Royal's feminine charm and photogenic smile beats a heart that is as red as any socialist's heart can be. Royal has as one of her role models British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Look at the damage he has done to Britain. And don't forget, the French resist change. Come polling day, a miracle will be needed to prevent conservative Union for a Popular...
Throughout his brief political career, Obama has presented himself as someone who, as Frank Rich wrote in The New York Times, “can be all things to all people.” He is proud of his background but, like Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, has not made an issue out of his racial identity. If citizens aren’t making an issue out of it, does that mean that we are finally realizing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream that all people, including political candidates, will “not be judged...
...ethnicity does matter to voters, why has so little been said about Obama’s background? Perhaps it’s simply too early to begin scrutinizing every aspect of a potential presidential candidate’s profile. (Let’s remember that he hasn’t even decided if he’s going to run in 2008.) Or perhaps Americans are simply more interested in Obama’s positions on Iraq and the economy than in his feelings about being a powerful black leader...
...going back to the details and trying to come up with a more comprehensive document,” Haddad says. THESE ARTISTS WON’T STARVEBut for some students, the nuances of an emerging field aren’t that compelling. Some Harvard undergraduates with a strong background in the arts are reevaluating their priorities in light of post-college financial concerns.Many Harvard artists are trying to get into consulting of a more conventional variety—consulting focused on management and the corporate world. Non-profit consultants do not make the same money that corporate consultants usually...
Under the current Core, a non-departmental designation indicates that the Core office, rather than a department, may administer the course and (with rare exception) that the material is accessible to all students, regardless of their prior background. But to the experienced student, it usually also implies an easy course on an obscure topic with questionable lectures and quasi-competent teaching fellows...